Woody Hartzog: Control is not the privacy solution it's made out to be
Speaking before the audience at the recent IAPP Data Protection Congress in Brussels, keynoter Woody Hartzog made a challenging assertion: "Control is the…
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Objections to Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation
Objections to Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation to deny the Petition, plus supporting documents (supporting declaration of Jennifer Granick, admi…
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Lawsuit From The Stranger Forces Federal Court to Be Transparent About Electronic Surveillance
"Or how Riana Pfefferkorn, a Stanford University professor put it: “There is a body of secret law that we simply can't see.” Pfefferkorn, also with the…
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Fake Porn Videos Are Terrorizing Women. Do We Need a Law to Stop Them?
"This raises the question of whether Congress could draft a law narrow enough to help victims of deepfakes without such unintended consequences. As a cauti…
Techdirt Podcast Episode 195: The EU Endangers Free Speech Online... Again
The latest in the EU's string of internet regulatory efforts has a new target: terrorist propaganda. Just as with past regulations, the proposed rules seem…
Change your phone settings so Apple, Google can’t track your movements
Technology companies have been pummeled by revelations about how poorly they protecttheir customers’ personal information, including an in-depth New York Times…
What Homeland Security Can Learn from Casinos
At first glance, the problems of homeland security and cybersecurity may seem an odd fit for the Center for Gaming Research and the Special Collections and Arch…
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When can police compel you to give up your cell phone password?
"“That’s at odds with the way that the case law has been developing in other courts,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybers…
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A Man Sent 1,000 Men Expecting Sex And Drugs To His Ex-Boyfriend Using Grindr, A Lawsuit Say
"Some cyberlaw experts fear a ruling against Grindr will put the creativity of the internet as we know it at risk. They say that requiring platforms to mor…
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How Microsoft has (so far) avoided tough scrutiny over privacy issues
"“They’ve been around the block, they’ve been the evil perpetrator before, and they’ve already learned how to play very nicely with regulators,” Jennifer K…
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When can the feds hack into your computer? Case involving scam targeting Wegmans could decide.
""So far, we've likely only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the government’s use of hacking in criminal and immigration investigation…
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GDPR Will Pick Up Momentum In 2019
"“For a reform of this scope and magnitude, it’s only expected that several months will pass before enforcement comes into focus,” said Omer Tene, VP and c…